Thomas de Sandford I

• Preferred Name: Thomas de Sandford I
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: Y
  
• Birth: ABT 1036 in Normandy, France at LATI: N8.928 LONG: E0.5326
  
• FSID: G4JR-Y24
  
• Title+(Nobility): with note: Description: Baron of Normandy
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Thomas a/k/a Gerard de Tornai was born in Normandy in 1040 and died in England, probably Sandford, Shropshire (the largest modern town in Shropshire is Shrewsbury).He married UNKNOWN.
  He accompanied William the Conqueror when William conquered England at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.For his loyalty, William the Conqueror gave Thomas a/k/a Gerard de Tornai seven (7) different parcels of land in England.One of those parcels (which is located in Shropshire County, England) is called Sandford.Thomas a/k/a Gerard de Tornai derived his surname of Sandford from that place and was thereafter known as Sir Thomas de Sandford.